ARTIST STATEMENT
Franceska Schifrin has developed a wide international following, which is not surprising when you consider the geography behind her work. Having painted in Morocco, Spain, Uganda, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica,  Guatemala, Mexico, Bosnia, Croatia, France, and Cuba, the artist has ventured into realms and regions rarely visited in the visual arts.

With over thirty-five museum and Gallery exhibitions in the last decade (seventeen solo) Schifrin is, to say the least, a prolific artist. She is the recipient of the prestigious Getty Grant (awarded, appropriately, while Ms. Schifrin was on a four month painting sojourn in central Africa), and a California Arts Council Fellowship.

Franceska discovered the power of painting internationally on a trip with her father, a master painter, to Mexico in 1979; she hasn’t stopped traveling since. From the snipered streets of Sarajevo and the political turmoil and repression of Haiti, to the dreamlike stasis of turn of the century Cuba she doesn’t just imagine her work. Her canvases are imbued with the essence of a place.

Schifrin’s figurative expressionist work, in the past, was often remarkable for its portrayal of the horror and indignities of war, poverty and repression. Her current body of work represents a new phase, influenced heavily by the mysterious visions of Morocco, the gentle nuances of Cuba and the subtler flavors of Haitian life. Several persons knowledgeable of Schifrin’s painting claim to sense the perspective of motherhood influencing her recent creations. What ever the reasons, coupled with the work of the last decade, Schifrin has produced a remarkable collection, with a bold stroke and painterly understanding rare in today’s art world.

Ms. Schifrin’s work is included in the collections of Denzel Washington, Alfre Woodard, Angela Bassert, Magic & Cookie Johnson, JZEE, Charles Dutton, Peter Schnitzler, Liv Tyler, Stan Latham and CCH Pounder.

EDUCATION: School of Visual Arts, N.Y.1978-1980.

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS:

J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts – 1990/ 91

California Arts Council, Fellowships in Visual Arts – 1989/ 90.

Art Of California Magazine, Silver Discovery Award –1991
ONE PERSON  EXHIBITIONS:

2004:Galerie LaKaye.Moroccan Images, Los Angeles, CA.

2003:Pat McGann Gallery. Los Angeles,CA.

2003:Dragonfly Gallery.Martha’s Vineyard,MA.

2003:The School House.  North Salem, NY

2003: PCOG Gallery.Harlem, NY.

2001:Soapbox Gallery.Under The Bird Cage:Selected Works From 1998 – 2001 Venice,CA.

2000:Galerie Lakaye. New Works/ 1994 HOPE- new works on paper/Los Angeles, CA.

1996:Galerie Bourbon – Lally. Port au Prince, Haiti.

1996:ARC Gallery.The Color of Bad Weather. Chicago, IL.

1995:101 Hudson. Jersey City, N.J.

1995:Trojanowska Gallery.New Works/1994:From Haiti to Yugoslavia./1993 New Works

1992New Works,San Francisco,CA.

1993:Midnight Special Bookstore & Cultural Center.Repressionism.Santa Monica, CA.

1990:New Canyon Gallery.New Works.Topanga,CA.

1989:T.A.S.C. Images Of Haiti.Topanga,CA.

1980: Oggi.One Person Exhibit.Santa Monica,CA.

SELECTED GROUP  EXHIBITIONS:

2010:from 1992:Galerie Lakaye.On going representation. Los Angeles, CA.

2010 from  2003: PCOG Gallery. On Going representation. New York, NY.

2009 from 2007: Pounder Kone Gallery. Representation. Los Angeles, CA.

2008:Los Angeles Municipal At Barnsdall. Tropics. Los Angeles, CA.

2007:Pounder/Kone Gallery. Transissions. Los Angeles, CA.

2007:The Folk & Craft Art Museum. Healing. Los Angeles, CA.

2007:Wheelhorse Gallery. Greenwich, CT

2006 from 2000:Linda Warren Fine Arts.On going representation.Chicago, IL.

2005 from 1999:Pat McGann Gallery.On going representation. Los Angeles, CA.

2004:First Church.13 Days of Creative Dissent.Cambridge, MA.

2004:Artisans World Gallery. Images of Haiti, Cambridge,MA.

2004:Dragonfly Gallery.Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

2004 & 2002:The School House. North Salem, NY

2003:PCOG Gallery. Schifrin & Santiago. New York, NY

2003 from 1997:Galerie Bourbon-Lally. Port au Prince, Haiti.

2002:Offerings Gallery. Katonah, NY.

2000: Sacred Art Society. Innaugral Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA.

1996:The Tomasulo Gallery. Union County College. Cranford, N.J.

1996:Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. L.A., CA.

1995:Elise Goodheart Fine Arts. Bosnia Shared Visions From a War Zone.N.Y.

1995:South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art.Torrance, CA.

1995/94/93/92:Trojanowska Gallery.San Francisco, CA.

1994:California Afro-American Museum/Fisher Gallery.LAX BIENNIEL.Los Angeles.

1994:L.A. Artcore.The Brewery. Los Angeles, CA.

1994:Cooper Gallery.Women in the Arts. / Cathedral Arts. Jersey City, N.J.

1993:Sam Francis Gallery.Santa Monica, CA.

1993:DubrovnicGallery.Doves.Dubrovnick,Croatia.

1993:El Pueblo Gallery. Masa ‘93 L.A. International. Los Angeles, CA.

1993:Congo Square.Third Anniversary Exhibition. Santa Monica, CA.

1993:Matrix Gallery.Three Woman Exhibit. Sacramento,CA.

1993/92/91/90/89:Gallery West Indies.On Going Representation.Charleston,S.C.

1992:South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art.Collision of Color.Torrance, CA.

1992:William Grant Still Arts Center.Celebration & Protest.Los Angeles,CA.

1991/92:University of Judaism.Two Person Exhibit.Los Angeles,CA.

1991:National Council for Jewish Women/L.A.Los Angeles,CA.

1991:L.A. ARTCORE.Wallworks.Los Angeles,CA.

1990:South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art.The Family.Torrance,CA.

1990:Brockman Gallery.Art As Social Comment.Los Angeles,CA.

1990:Napa Valley College.Process And Figuration.Napa,CA.

1990:San Francisco State University.1990 Black History Month Exhibit,San Francisco,

1989:The Woman’s Building.CDA/L.A. Art Auction ‘89.Los Angeles,CA.

1987:The Sixth Sense Gallery.Small Works.New York City, N.Y

1986:Trillium Art.Group Show. New York City, N.Y.